To determine the average amount consumers might pay to keep their new cars in operating condition, we used 2008 repair estimates calculated over a five-year period by Vincentric, an auto-industry data-analysis company.

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Despite all these peculiarities, the market for sport teams has become far more efficient in the past decade or so, says Steve Flatow of Bloomberg Sports, which provides data and analysis to the sports industry.

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Finally, in the retail industry, customer service centers are using Fast Data solutions for clickstream analysis and customer experience management.

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We believe it is the best analysis of the venture industry, which typically is very private about its returns data.

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Real-time analysis of Big Data is within the reach of almost any business model in any industry.

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Glen Jones of Intierra RMG, a company that provides sources of data, analysis, consulting, reports and mineral information maps to the mining industry, believes there is a significant amount of risk in the sector today.

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What we need is a construct with teeth, an established network of industry-independent researchers (not contractors) equipped to evaluate trial design, statistical power, data analysis, and interpretation, not as regulators but as contributors to final research publications.

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